Jeriko Du Reponet turned the tables on Doddiethegreat when powering clear late on to win the Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown for Nicky Henderson and James Bowen.

The latter had prevailed when the stablemates met in the Pertemps Network Final at Cheltenham in mid-March but the form was reversed this time.

They came to fight it out from the back of the last in the two-mile-seven contest and JP McManus’s gelding asserted in the closing stages to post a comprehensive four-and-a-quarter length success.

The 13/2 favourite gave the pairing of Henderson and Bowen a boost ahead of the appearance of superstar Constitution Hill at the venue tomorrow.

Henderson said:- “As you know they finished first and second the last day and they come out and flip-flopped. They both get their day in the sunshine which is terrific.

“Jeriko has got to go back over fences because he’s good at it. It just went wrong on that day at Sandown (pulled up last November), and we had to come back over hurdles for the time being.

“He got his just rewards today and Doddie has run a great race. Doddie will probably run in those Graded races. We did try fences with him and he wasn’t so happy about it whereas Jeriko was a very good jumper.”

Bowen told RTE:- “I was exactly where I wanted to be the whole way around, I had no horse on my outside, and it just went so perfect for me in a race like that. It was very good.

“I winged three out and two out and that put me into a nice position. Turning into the straight I was still four or five wide but I would have preferred to be coming around them than a horse coming around me because he probably isn’t the bravest horse.

“He’s grown up a lot and his jumping was excellent today. I’m delighted to get my first one around here.

“That’s put me spot on for tomorrow and I can’t wait now.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)